“Taking the Time” How can you say you can’t love me If you never take the time to know me To know what’s on my mind Or to walk softly through my memories Or view my dreams To stop and look into my eyes Just as you would...
Jul252011
Monthly Archives: July 2011
Jul252011
Take Me as I am
“Take Me as I am” I am a web of thoughts, feelings, and physical traits I am not strange, weird, or odd I am unique and unlike anyone else And I have to realize that everyone Is...
Jul252011
“Alone in a Crowd”
“Alone in a Crowd” is probably my favorite piece that I’ve created because I think it just says so much on a personal level. The words are sombre, yet hopeful; and the video just accentuates the entire mood of the piece. I was amazed at how well David Lanz’s...
Jul242011
Banned Books Awareness: The Call of the Wild
Published in 1903, The Call of the Wild is Jack London’s most-read book, and is generally considered his best, hailed as the masterpiece of his “early period.” Critic Maxwell Geismar, in 1960, referred to The Call of the Wild as “a beautiful prose poem,” and Editor Franklin Walker said...
Jul212011
“In Silent Fear of Fate”
Frozen in silent fear of Fate For a war of jealousy and hate Death grips a world thus enslaved By souls not worthy to be saved Once noble men of admiration Become demons of abomination To rip the sane minds away...
Jul212011
“Slow Music”
Those who know me are aware I don’t like to dance. My hesitation to just let loose And shake it on a crowded dance floor I am moved by music- Emotionally and spiritually Looking for meaning between the words That I can relate to Strangers may dance together to...
Jul212011
“Rainy Day”
The gray clouds cast eerie, misshaped shadows around the room as the pouring rain falls endlessly with the fierce sound of drumbeats. The television sparks as it shuts off and thunder clapped with the intensity of a bomb. I jumped from my chair expecting to see...
Jul172011
Banned Books Awareness: “1984”
1984, written in 1948 by George Orwell, tells the tale of a society in the year 1984 that is under constant war, and ruled by a dictatorship that uses tight surveillance and mind control to police its populace. The main character, Winston Smith, is a civil servant of the...
Jul102011
Banned Books Awareness: Harry Potter
With the final theatrical installment being released worldwide this week, it seemed like the perfect opportunity to discuss THE most banned book (collectively) of the 21st century according to the American Library Association– the Harry Potterseries; the first four books are, as a group, at #7 for the most...
Jul032011
Banned Books Awareness: “It’s So Amazing” & “It’s Perfectly Normal”
Soon, in the not-too-distant future, when the book burners finally get their way, life will become monotonous and bland. In this very real and likely future world all thought, all individuality, all creativity will cease to exist because the self-righteous morality police will have run out of things to...